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you know, he's being advised, his career counselor the same guy who advised president clinton after his own little scrape -- [laughter] and he advises a lot of people. and he's very good at it. so i think you haven't seen the last of him, let's put it that way. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, thank you. [applause] >> watch it here on c-span2. >> good morning. stacy schiff was a wonderful biographer of, among others, cleopatra recently observed that biographers all have two lives. okay in back? can you hear? all right, good. in one realm, she says, the biographers are moving forward in ignorance. in the other you're moving backward with something resembling omniscience. now, what she doesn't say is that along with the illusion of something like only niche sense, the biographer usually has a lot of attitude on display. one can be worshipful, age graphic, fill yo pious, or one can be a debunker, an unmasker, a muckraker. one can defend or defame, expose, sensationalize, sentimentalize. one can be a myth buster or a myth maker. and not many generalizations can cover that whole spectrum.
you know, he's being advised, his career counselor the same guy who advised president clinton after his own little scrape -- [laughter] and he advises a lot of people. and he's very good at it. so i think you haven't seen the last of him, let's put it that way. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, thank you. [applause] >> watch it here on c-span2. >> good morning. stacy schiff was a wonderful biographer of, among others, cleopatra recently observed that biographers all...
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it came up with the clinton administration with welfare reform, but to understand where republicans are coming to, at least the run are republicans in congress these days, it's important to understand how real, how important it is that their views, that government infringes on personal liberty almost no matter what it expose that it fosters dependency among the population. but those convictions, those views, were an obstacle, even to having a conversation between asset of state and the secretary of defense under george bush, a real conversation about whether or not the invasion in iraq should take place or the country should do more by way of sanctions and other forms of pressure. the interesting thing to me about what happened in iraq, here's something i got completely wrong. when the president in december of '06 basically asked -- he lost control of congress, decided to do a surge in iraq, people like me thought, well, this is stupid. iraq is going really badly. really, really badly. this is just an effort to delay the day of reckoning. we have to have a different strategy. what i did
it came up with the clinton administration with welfare reform, but to understand where republicans are coming to, at least the run are republicans in congress these days, it's important to understand how real, how important it is that their views, that government infringes on personal liberty almost no matter what it expose that it fosters dependency among the population. but those convictions, those views, were an obstacle, even to having a conversation between asset of state and the...
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for example, bill clinton was not the first, and bill clinton was not the worse when it comes to misbehavior in high office. there's a long, long history of it. and eliot spitzer, arnold schwarzenegger, david petraeus, these guys had nothing on alexander hamilton. and what we find is if you read, for example, letters by martha washington during those winter camps, she was tough. she was like a soldier. she didn't complain about the weather, the harsh conditions, but she did complain about one thing. there was a tomcat one winter that was misbehaving with all the lady can cats, and it was noisy, noisy, noisy, and it kept her awake at night, so she nicknamed the tomcat alexander hamilton. [laughter] i also did a book a few years ago called life in the white house, and it was about the presidents at ease. what did they eat? what hobbies did they have of? what are their fears and hopes? or what are they like as fathers and husbands? how did their kids turn out? as another way of assessing presidential character providing us with another lens. for example, we're all still trying to figure dick ni
for example, bill clinton was not the first, and bill clinton was not the worse when it comes to misbehavior in high office. there's a long, long history of it. and eliot spitzer, arnold schwarzenegger, david petraeus, these guys had nothing on alexander hamilton. and what we find is if you read, for example, letters by martha washington during those winter camps, she was tough. she was like a soldier. she didn't complain about the weather, the harsh conditions, but she did complain about one...
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there was the clinton impeachment. you can go up both sides and see how there is this back-and-forth. what i argue in this boat is like gerrymandering, a factor. you did this to me, i am going to get you. but it is not as the poor as important as this inability in the twenty-first century force to keep in balance these two parts of the american psyche. i think although i don't try to deal with this, i do believe the anxiety that comes especially for men in this work force, a long period of stagnation has a lot to do with why people are receptive to an argument that there are makers and fakers and there are people who are basically taking things from the government that they don't deserve and in the 2012 election what happened was that was the most explicit contrast between self-reliance and better to get there. that was one thing always going to stand forgot to about the obama speech, if you look at that speech, that is absolutely a continuation of campaign, this is a complicated world, we're better together, we have b
there was the clinton impeachment. you can go up both sides and see how there is this back-and-forth. what i argue in this boat is like gerrymandering, a factor. you did this to me, i am going to get you. but it is not as the poor as important as this inability in the twenty-first century force to keep in balance these two parts of the american psyche. i think although i don't try to deal with this, i do believe the anxiety that comes especially for men in this work force, a long period of...
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clinton and obama and the younger bush. these four individuals made these contributions, it is no surprise that they were in the terrible situation that we find ourselves in now that has to be corrected. when we look at the george herbert walker bush administration, he had three important people at the defense department. it was based on just a tailored pattern of total deception and outright lies. they have put together a secret paper. instead of taking together a strategic opportunity the collapse of the soviet union in 1991, all of those things we didn't expect to see in a lifetime. i certainly didn't expect to see this a couple of us wrote about the problems and no one expected it to collapse like a house of cards. this opportunity you was totally not taken. it was not taken by the bush administration. there were things like the invasion of panama and one individual had been on the cia payroll for most of the time and that is a heck of a precedence to set the terms of the military. it speaks as a moderate, i think that
clinton and obama and the younger bush. these four individuals made these contributions, it is no surprise that they were in the terrible situation that we find ourselves in now that has to be corrected. when we look at the george herbert walker bush administration, he had three important people at the defense department. it was based on just a tailored pattern of total deception and outright lies. they have put together a secret paper. instead of taking together a strategic opportunity the...
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in what world do you have a clinton hack asking obama talking points? the contraceptive war on women question was clearly orchestrated, part of a broader campaign. i talked about it in the book. it was obvious what he was doing. as far as how he should have dealt with cannedy, -- candy is we have to make sure the moderators are not hacks. when he did that, he should have said, candy, you are liberal, but your bias is showing now and explain what he meant when he said what he said. there's plenty of problems with the way he handled the benghazi question. could have handled it strong every in general, but you can't let the media walk all over him, and he did and let candy trample him. that's painful. candy is, you know -- sorry. [laughter] >> you mentioned race, racist, sexist, capitalist, all evil. what about islamaphobs. we stayed away from that, but yet, what would you recommend that reasonable people do so that our government officials will be willing to discuss or attempt to understand the underlying ideology? >> i think what we ought to do is people
in what world do you have a clinton hack asking obama talking points? the contraceptive war on women question was clearly orchestrated, part of a broader campaign. i talked about it in the book. it was obvious what he was doing. as far as how he should have dealt with cannedy, -- candy is we have to make sure the moderators are not hacks. when he did that, he should have said, candy, you are liberal, but your bias is showing now and explain what he meant when he said what he said. there's...
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clinton was president, the republicans mainly were running congress when we had things like nafta, china most favored nation status, the wto, the world trade organization, all of these trade deals people claimed were going to bring jobs to the united states, and in every case the jobs left.
clinton was president, the republicans mainly were running congress when we had things like nafta, china most favored nation status, the wto, the world trade organization, all of these trade deals people claimed were going to bring jobs to the united states, and in every case the jobs left.
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>> bill clinton is the most obvious. he writes out in the 16th year he decided it is an amazing experience because people are so interested to make a difference and me involved it is the most unfortunate experience but is exhilarating to not to want to do it again. >> host: tallis about your experience. where were you? what was the primary? >> guest: 2006 democratic primary road violence second congressional district the incumbent had was there for a while and prior to that was secretary of state and he is still in congress. the main reason iran is i felt he is not representing the district on the issues and that was important we were two-thirds pro-choice and voted 27 times against that. also we authorizing a egregious provisions of the pager fact, he was not very outspoken about the of war in iraq and i thought people of rhode island were not being represented by it rarely does the establishment feel the candidate can go against someone so i felt i had to do it. i have just written by a first book so i was very aware o
>> bill clinton is the most obvious. he writes out in the 16th year he decided it is an amazing experience because people are so interested to make a difference and me involved it is the most unfortunate experience but is exhilarating to not to want to do it again. >> host: tallis about your experience. where were you? what was the primary? >> guest: 2006 democratic primary road violence second congressional district the incumbent had was there for a while and prior to that...
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remember the old bill clinton strategy, saying in 1992 when the economy was nowhere near as bad as the one barack obama inherited, he was doing so many things at once. i mean, give him credit, he accomplished an incredible amount of stuff. but one result of that is it was very hard for the american electorate to see the forest with all these trees popping up. like, what did health care reform have to do with getting people back to work? the answer is not anything really. although it was a good thing to do in its own right. in my view, not in everybody's view. and so you had people watching this burst of act -- activity in 27 directions at once and not perceiving the really excellent job that the obama team did in preventing a much worse fate than we could have had. so i think i've talked too long already. let me stop there and see what sort of questions. i'm in trouble here. of. [applause] >> thank you. >> you'll take the questions. um, this is a bit of a town meeting, so if you're comfortable saying your name, please do. and line up at the month, and everyone will get a chance. of so,
remember the old bill clinton strategy, saying in 1992 when the economy was nowhere near as bad as the one barack obama inherited, he was doing so many things at once. i mean, give him credit, he accomplished an incredible amount of stuff. but one result of that is it was very hard for the american electorate to see the forest with all these trees popping up. like, what did health care reform have to do with getting people back to work? the answer is not anything really. although it was a good...
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so there was the clinton impeachment. you can go on both sides. you can see how there is this back-and-forth, but i argue in the book. like gerrymandering, you know, you did this to me. i'm going to get you, but it is not as deep or is important as this inability in the 21st century for us to keep in balance these two parts of the american psyche, and i think, although i don't try to deal with them. i do believe that the anxiety that comes, especially for a man , along about of stagnation for the middle-class has a lot to do with why people are ineffective to an argument, makers and takers here. and there are people who are basically taking things from the government that they don't deserve. and in the 2012 election what happened was that was the most explicit contrast between self-reliance and brought it together which was one thing i was going to say. the obama's beach. if you look at that speech, that is absolutely a continuation of the campaign theme. this is a complicated world. we're better together. we have big challenges, but we have got t
so there was the clinton impeachment. you can go on both sides. you can see how there is this back-and-forth, but i argue in the book. like gerrymandering, you know, you did this to me. i'm going to get you, but it is not as deep or is important as this inability in the 21st century for us to keep in balance these two parts of the american psyche, and i think, although i don't try to deal with them. i do believe that the anxiety that comes, especially for a man , along about of stagnation for...
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counterbalanced by wayne of the democratic party and the obama administration and led really by secretary clinton of new realist to the that the bush idealism. what caught neoconservatives and in foreign policy, but it's the conservative form of idealism about democracy, transforming countries, making things better by doing lots and lots of things. and to more or less conclude that it's just not going to work that we needed to retrench can be more realistic foreign policy. i describe this because they saw themselves as rejecting neoconservatism, but at the same time essentially rejecting liberal internationalists that they regarded as soft and squishy in much the same way conservative realists would regard it is not dangerous to american power and sovereignty. that tendency is very special in one particular way. the bush realists, conservative realists tend to take words very, very seriously. they think that words behind. they think words have ways to come back and bite you. so one of the features about the bush realists who is they are very, very careful negotiation over farmed birds. if you are
counterbalanced by wayne of the democratic party and the obama administration and led really by secretary clinton of new realist to the that the bush idealism. what caught neoconservatives and in foreign policy, but it's the conservative form of idealism about democracy, transforming countries, making things better by doing lots and lots of things. and to more or less conclude that it's just not going to work that we needed to retrench can be more realistic foreign policy. i describe this...
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these four things do not happen by clinton's. it was all part of this plot. by the way, when i use the word plot, i am generally not a conspiracy guy. but these people call themselves the cabal or the west point motto. a lot of them came out of the social sciences of west point among their own graduates. for example, all of this happens not by coincidence. general petraeus, when he was in leavenworth, he had a vast network of old colleagues throughout the pentagon bureaucracy. he deliberately cultivates this woman named meghan o'sullivan, who is the chief chief adviser on the security council. he cultivates her and they are talking on the phone practically every day. this is kind of outrageous. he's a three-star general in fort leavenworth. talking on the phone every day with a senior adviser to the president of the united states. general casey, who is a four-star general, actually commanding troops in iraq, he says we only need one more brigade. what do you think we might end much to the argument, she talked about why this really isn't enough. by the way, do
these four things do not happen by clinton's. it was all part of this plot. by the way, when i use the word plot, i am generally not a conspiracy guy. but these people call themselves the cabal or the west point motto. a lot of them came out of the social sciences of west point among their own graduates. for example, all of this happens not by coincidence. general petraeus, when he was in leavenworth, he had a vast network of old colleagues throughout the pentagon bureaucracy. he deliberately...
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when bill clinton and i went into the white house in 1993, there were 50 sites on the worldwide web. now there's a trillion of them. look at what happened to newspaper all over the world. dallas part of -- that's part of the breakdown of the old pattern, but now we have facebook, twitter, and it keeps going. i spent time in silicon valley, and there's 20 # new companies out there that reached a ball dollar evaluation just in the last year and a half. our world is changing dramatically, some of the old is breaking down, and fading away and dispating, but the new patterns are quite complex and challenging and they bring a lot of changes. these six drivers of global change are all emergent changes. they have been building up for awhile, and now they are all kind of happening statement. let's take them one by one. number one, chapter one. earth inc, a new interconnected, global economy that operates as if it is a single entity. we've been seeing the outsourcing of jobs, and we've been seeing the connection of the supply side, and now we have virtual factories with supply lines running to
when bill clinton and i went into the white house in 1993, there were 50 sites on the worldwide web. now there's a trillion of them. look at what happened to newspaper all over the world. dallas part of -- that's part of the breakdown of the old pattern, but now we have facebook, twitter, and it keeps going. i spent time in silicon valley, and there's 20 # new companies out there that reached a ball dollar evaluation just in the last year and a half. our world is changing dramatically, some of...